The Gato mentioned by Kirito is the big businessman who monopolized the shipping industry in the Land of Wave more than twenty years later, but now he is just a bankrupt old rascal who is being pursued for debts.
Gato is already in the shipping business now, but in the present Land of Wave, the shipping business must have a strong backer, otherwise, if you rashly join in, you will only lose all your money.
Gato originally had a backer behind him, a great nobleman in the Land of Waves, but he was unlucky, and his backer was assassinated not long ago.
When the backer fell, how could he, the right hand man, be spared?
In this chaotic world, wealth is a curse if you don't have enough force to guard it.
Gato was blinded by money and couldn't see the situation, commonly known as wanting money but not life, and as a result, his family was ruined by his rival, and he himself almost lost his fortune.
Kirito had found Gato when the guy voluntarily turned himself in and paid to hide in a jail cell in order to stay alive, he still had his shadow clone drink with a fellow officer and learnt about it when he heard his fellow officer bragging about it.
When he found out about this, he learnt that Gato was a capable businessman, and that he had a shortage of such people around him who could make money, so he spent a bit of money and connections to get Gato out of jail, and then kept him in his home for the time being.
Gato was soon brought before Kirito by Ryoko.
At this time, Gato was still a young, strong, middle-aged man with a short stature and small, squinty eyes that looked shrewd, and although he had just experienced a great failure in his life, he had clearly survived it and was now sneaking a look at Kirito with expectant eyes.
"Makoto-sama, may I ask if there is anything you need to use your humble servant for."
Gato bowed and raised his head slightly, addressing Kirito with a respectful face.
Kirito didn't restrict his personal freedom after fetching him out of prison.
As a result, these days, he had been secretly using his connections and power to investigate 'Gojo Makoto', and it turned out that this nobleman had recently undergone a great change.
Not only had he become smarter, he had also become much stronger, and he had witnessed Kirito instantly defeat more than a dozen ninjas and Shinsengumi samurai with his bare hands by himself.
This powerful strength, he had only seen in some powerful ninja in the beginning.
The most important thing was that this noble lord seemed to have a very powerful backer behind him, and recently those who were against him were either dead or missing, while he himself was not at all in trouble, and the power under him was still growing at a very fast speed.
Whether it is financial power or force, it is also the same.
If there wasn't something fishy in this, he would not believe it a hundred times.
Gato is not interested in the deeper issues of this also dare not be interested. He only needs to understand that he is favored by Kirito or the people behind him, and he has value, and he can make a comeback with the help of Kirito and the people behind him.
When he thought that he was the only one left in his family, and the property he had saved for more than ten years had been taken away from him, Gato's heart was filled with pain and anger.
The only way to avenge this blood feud is to return blood for blood and teeth for teeth.
He wanted to take revenge as well as rise again.
For this, he was willing to pay any price.
"Gato, you were able to start a business from nothing, you must be a smart man, and you must also know the reason why I called you here this time, I won't beat around the bush, I just see your ability to make money, and I hope that you can be loyal to me, and become my vassal, are you willing to do that?"
Kirito didn't like to waste time, he got straight to the point with Gato and stated his purpose.
"Yes, Gato will be your dog from now on Makoto-sama, I will do whatever you tell me to do, no complaints whatsoever."
Gato was waiting for these words from Kirito, he immediately fell to his knees, his head knocking hard on the ground, loudly swearing his allegiance.
"Very well, in return, I can promise to do one thing for you."
Kirito smiled in satisfaction at seeing Gato so understanding.
"Anything?"
Gato's heart trembled at those words, and he couldn't help but look up with a hopeful look in his eyes.
"Anything I can do."
Kirito smiled.
...
On the other side, in the Uchiha clan's territory, in the training area, under a certain artificial waterfall, ten Chizuru were sitting cross-legged on a rock protruding from the waterfall, letting the water flow down their bodies, while they kept their eyes closed, concentrating all their energy to comprehend the power of water.
Comprehending the nature of the Water Release Chakra, this was what Chizuru had been doing for some time recently.
Unfortunately, the people of the Uchiha clan are naturally close to the three chakra attributes of Fire, Lightning and Yin, and trying to understand the nature of the Water Release Chakra is not something that can be done overnight.
For this reason, Chizuru had already been cultivating for almost a month, but there was still a bit of a distance before she could truly cultivate the Water Release Chakra Nature.
She has actually felt herself touching the edge of comprehension, but it is just a little bit short, as if there is something hindering her, so that she has never been able to successfully cultivate the nature of the water vanishing chakra.
Suddenly, Chizuru's main body opened her eyes, and a boy who was smiling playfully at her instantly appeared in her eyes.
It was none other than her Arch-rival, Kirito.
"Yo~, still cultivating, would you like to take a break and join me for some of Isshin-ya's three-coloured dango."
Kirito's main body held up the box of three-coloured dango in his hand to Chizuru and smiled.
"Personally?"
Chizuru said as she stared coldly at Kirito.
Ever since Kirito entered the medical class, although she still met with Kirito often, they were all basically shadow clone of Kirito, which did not give her the slightest bit of excitement to cross paths.
Therefore, her attitude towards Kirito has been very bad recently.
Although normally the attitude wasn't very great.
"Of course, something came up today and I got off work early."
Kirito said with a smile and a nod.
After saying that, he sat down on a flat rock and took out a three-coloured dango from the box and was about to eat it when he bit into the air.
The three-coloured dango had landed in a small white hand with calloused palms.
Chizuru took a meatball into her mouth, and then chewed it a few times in her mouth. The sweet taste with a little bitterness and the super chewy taste of the dango immediately made her face reveal a satisfied expression.
Seeing this, Kirito swallowed back his words and took out a three-coloured dango from the box and ate it himself.
In a short while, the three-coloured dango in the box was split between the two of them, Kirito ate two of them and Chizuru took all the rest.
"Say, what is it that you wanted to see me about this time?"
Chizuru said coldly as he finished the three coloured dango, the smile on his face disappearing instantly.
"What are you talking about, I just happened to get off work early so I wanted to come over and visit you."
Being seen through the thoughts in his mind, Kirito instantly laughed with some embarrassment.
But as he saw Chizuru's eyes getting colder and colder, he had no choice but to honestly say, "I was assassinated today, ostensibly by the Sand Ninja, but actually by Root."
At these words, Chizuru's face was instantly covered in cold frost, and his Two-Tomoe Sharingan opened.
Damn the Sand Ninja.
Damn Root.
Damn you all, Danzo.
How dare you assassinate him.
Only she, Uchiha Chizuru, was qualified to kill this bastard Kirito!